physics major class of 09

interesteddad
Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:00:11 +0000

http://www.engin.swarthmore.edu/

The various links from the swat engineering page provide a great deal of information. The link for “prospective students” is a very good overview. There are links there for “ask a professor” or “ask a student”, both of which will provide easy e-mail access to people in the department. I urge “specs” to not be shy in asking questions. Swatties tend to give “no BS” answers about the strengths and weaknesses of what they do. One of Swat’s more popular professors gave a talk to the pre-frosh specs last year on, “who SHOULDN’T come to Swarthmore.”

The following link is to the online version of the College Course catalog.

http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/course_catalog/index.html

Click the department you are interested in on the left side of the page. Each department section starts with basic information about course prereqs for non-majors, majors, honors majors, and minors.

The “conventional wisdom” about Swarthmore’s Engineering Department is that it is very good and that it is a very demanding major. The department was formed back in the late 1800s. Like most departments at Swat, the style of learning for majors focuses on very small group seminars that place a lot of responsibility for preparation on the students.